Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Knit at nite, Imprevu is a very dry, woody chypre that smells lemony -- almost like lemon pledge. I don't remember the commercial. The earliest fragrance ads I remember are "Do you Canoe in Kalamazoo?" and "i can't seem to forget her, her Windsong stays on my mind." Does that date me?

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Originally Posted by Mimi Gardenia

mel-lou- what a great deal from Fenwick's. I wish I were there !

It was a fantastic deal! The Shalimar is a tester bottle - they're giving away their testers if you spend over £50. It was supposed to be free makeup, but they ran out apparently. I was so tempted to spend another £50 and get their Habit Rouge tester, but alas! The bank account can only spare so much.

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Originally Posted by rednails

Knit at nite, Imprevu is a very dry, woody chypre that smells lemony -- almost like lemon pledge. I don't remember the commercial. The earliest fragrance ads I remember are "Do you Canoe in Kalamazoo?" and "i can't seem to forget her, her Windsong stays on my mind." Does that date me?

LOL- I remember the Windsong Ad too. WE must have been exceptionally observant babies- geniuses, infact!

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

My Mom dropped in the thrift store and got Calvin Klein Euphoria 1.7 oz edp75% full (someone obviously got tired of it)Reminds me of With Love but with more patchouli like Angel.
AV edt 1.7oz bout half full -a clean scent like sea island cotton by BBW and Oscar edt 1 oz 95% full-woodsy baby powder on me. $12 for the lot .I had given her a crystal bottle of #5 parfum that was about 65% full of a .33 or .25 oz bottle .#5 is Mom's style much more than mine -I still have a purse mini for "reference".

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Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

A fairly modern scent for me...not my usual fare: Narciso Rodriguez For Her edt in the black bottle. The whole black bottle vs pink bottle with the reverse color packaging is not only confusing...it's annoying. The two scents smell very, very different!

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Just scored a 50ml NIB Divine eau de Parfum on ebay for 70 bucks. Hope it's the real thing. I just remembered that Divine's are refillable atomizers. Hope the juice hasn't been replaced. I don't feel like opening a can...oops, I mean a case with paypal.

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Samples for me. Mona di Orio's Cuir and the dreaded Secretions Magnifique . SM is one I have been meaning to subject myself to - somehow I always forget about it when ordering from Luckyscent. This time I didn't - I made a conscious effort to remember. ( I think really, subconsciously, I don't want to try SM at all ..... )*LOL*

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Last night I bought the interesting combination of Bulgari Pour Femme (6 mini bottles - 30 ml total! If I don't like it at least the mini's have gift or swap potential) and a 75% full bottle of Yendi de Capucci edt (I hope it's not too-o-o different from the EDP I sampled recently). Both from Ebay, I think I got a good deal both times.

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

My vintage , and full, bottle of Dana's 20Carats (with gold flakes) arrived today!!!!
From E-bay. Wrapped so well they could have played football with it at the postoffice! And the seller send it marked ''gift'' so no extra taxes.

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

I received my 100 ml bottle of Ubar from Parfums Raffy. My gosh, Amoauge certainly know how to do fragrance packaging. It's beautiful - quality in every detail . Such fast shipping and great service from Parfums Raffy ! I also got the 3 Opus Collection samples - luxe and gorgeous included plus Amouage Gold body lotion - a generous sample and 2 of Raffy's own fragrances.... so I am dying to test those out ! Thank you Raffy !

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Today, i ordered a 50 ml bottle of Kelly Caleche by Hermes !I had a mini which it's almost empty so it was urgent to buy myself a big bottle

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Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

I also blew the budget on two vintage EDC from Guerlain. Added a 3 oz bottle of L'Heure Bleu and a 6 oz bottle of Mitsouko. First time purchase of LB. Have a current EDT of Mitsy, so I'm excited to add an older version, even if EDC, to the collection. I will be jumping up and down when it arrives.

Also picked up (blind) a Molyneux called Le Parfum Connu. The info that was with the listing is: "Le Parfum Connu by Molyneux, originally launched in 1925 as Le Numero Cinq de Molyneux (Number 5 by Molyneux) and it stirred some controversy between Molyneux and Chanel, so by 1930, Molyneux had to change the name of the perfume to Le Parfum de Molyneux. It was later called Le Parfum Connu for the American market and introduced in 1948. The eau de toilette version of this came out in 1949 in the same bottle as the one I purchased, so that’s where we can date it from 1949-1950s."
Haven't fully tested this yet but seems like one of those rich aldehydes one would have worn with a fur coat in winter.

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Today my Guerlain DJEDI arrived! I don't think I've ever been more excited about a perfume purchase! This is one that will become a family heirloom!

This is the exceedingly rare quadrilobe Djedi presentation issued in Baccarat crystal (80ml), with gold tooled suede flocked box with cream silk lining. There is approximately 30ml of vintage extrait decanted in the smaller bottle, which is spec-tac-u-lar!

Re: Today I Bought - September 2010

Originally Posted by shoegal68

Beautiful simply beautiful I think I'm swooning.

Girl, I'm swooning right along with you!!

The other day I pulled the trigger on a barely used bottle of Lorenzo Villoresi Musk that I found on Ebay for a really nice price. I can't wait for it to get here! Been wanting a FB of this one for ages.

"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain